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As the jet landed Tony got into his Audi and headed for the Malibu mansion. Walking in it seemed so empty. Without Pepper everything was so dull.
"Jarvis, I need you to be on surveillance, if you see Justin or Michael on a camera somewhere, I want to be alerted of where they are." Tony says walking downstairs to his workshop.
"Of course sir, I will update you if there is any sight of them."
As reassuring as that sounded, Tony thought that maybe they would be careful not to be seen by a camera and yet Justin wouldn't be paying much attention to that if he was consumed with talking to Tony.
"Sir you have an incoming video call from an unknown source. Shall I try and trace the location?"
"Yes, throw it up on the big screen upstairs. Try and trace it if possible." Tony said as he ran up the stairs and into the living room.
The screen turned to show Justin in a large warehouse type room. "Anthony! It has been a while. Tell me I must know, how have you been?" Justin said with such enthusiasm, although the last part he cracked a slight side smile.
"Just great Hammer. Where is Pepper?" Tony asked, his hands started to clench together in a fist, but he knew he had to be careful with his words he needed Jarvis to trace the call if he can in order to get to Pepper.
"Relax Stark, she is fine for now. I think she is just about to wake up. She has been asleep for quite some time. The drugs mixed with a martini will do that." Justin says with a shrug.
All Tony wanted to do was punch Hammer right in the face for even taking Pepper in the first place. "What did you call for" Tony asked in a calmer tone, he had to keep his composure. Tony would not give Justin the satisfaction of seeing him crack.
"Well as you know just the other day you were in a meeting with my guy Michael who is actually bringing Pepper in right now."
Tony saw Michael carrying a slightly conscious Pepper on the screen. He sat her down in a chair and began putting rolls around her wrists, her feet were already tied together.
"As I was saying, Michael and myself were unhappy with how the meeting went so I wanted to chat with you about the schematics of the Iron man suit." Justin stood there waiting for Tony to reply, but all Tony could do was stare at Pepper who was beginning to fully come to. She struggled against the ropes but then finally noticed Tony on the monitor.
"Tony whatever he is asking don't do it! You can't!" Pepper yells. Michael walked over to her and covered her mouth preventing her from saying another word from Tony.
"Pepper!" Tony yelled, his fists began to clench up again. How dare he touch her. He knew she was right, he couldn't give into the demands no matter what was at stake. He knew Justin all too well.
"I will not negotiate like this Justin. Either you give her back to me right now or I will not even consider the possibility."
Justin turned back to look at Michael and Pepper, her eyes were wide. She tried speaking but all that came out were mumbles. Tony knew she was speaking to him.
"You know Anthony I don't like that answer, so I am gonna have some alone time with Miss Potts and give you a call back tomorrow. Maybe then you will feel up to chatting."
"Justin if you lay a hand on her I swear I will-"
"You'll what Anthony? Hurt me? Kick my ass? Good luck with, I see your AI trying to trace my call, but it won't work. The network I am broadcasting from is scrambling all tracking technology. You won't find her or me." Justin said. He walked over to Pepper and ran the back part of his hand down her cheek.
Pepper squirmed slightly at his touch but couldn't move very far. "Justin!" Tony yelled but the call was ended before he could finish that sentence.
"Jarvis was there any luck?"
"I am afraid not sir, I suggest calling Nick Fury and reporting what has happened, his technology and recourses might help."
Tony nodded and looked down at his feet, he took a big breath to try and calm down a bit. He knows Pepper wouldn't want him to be upset, she would tell him to take a breath to gather his thoughts before taking action.
"Jarvis, get me Nick Fury on the line now."
"Well I must say; I am not very happy with the way that went." Justin said to Pepper, he was trying to taunt her, but she knew that is she showed fear he could use that to her advantage.
"Too bad, Tony would not put the rest of the world at stake for me." Pepper said in retaliation, she had to choose her words carefully. Anything she said to piss him off would result in her paying the price.
"Michael untie her and take her to the first room; I will be there in a moment I have to grab a few things for miss Potts." Justin said walking away from the chair.
"I am not scared of you Hammer" Pepper said as she was forced out of the room. Michael gripped her arm hard; she knew that would leave a mark later on. As they approached the first room Michael opened the door and pushed her in causing her to loose balance and hit the cement floor hard.
"You might want to prepare yourself. Justin won't go easy on you. He gets what he wants and right now what he wants is both of you to suffer." Michael said as he slammed the door shut. Pepper say up and took a few breaths.
It is going to be okay; he will find a way to track me and if he doesn't I will find a way out of here.
Pepper tried to stay as positive as possible. She heard the rolling of what sounded like a cart approach the door. As the door swung opened, she noticed it wasn't a cart but a big machine. Her mind was going all over the place, probably the after effects of the drugs.
"Alright miss Potts, I thought about it and came to the conclusion that this would be the best way to get what I want."
"I am not going to tell you anything." Pepper said standing up, she backed up as Justin entered the room.
"You might not but I think if Tony saw what the consequences to his actions were, he might be more motivated to talk with me." Justin rushed over to Pepper grabbing her arm, she tried her best at fighting him. Her lack of fighting skills really didn't do much. She was then pulled across the hall back into the lab she woke up in.
"Strap her to the table" Justin said to Michael. It all happened so fast, Pepper found herself thrown on the table and both men trapped her limbs down, she tried pulling against the straps, but it was no use.
Hammer began sticking the little metal sticker all around. They were on her temple and arms. He had clipped a wire on her pointer fingers and then proceeded to clip on the wire to the stickers.
"Alright, Michael make sure the camera is on, shall we begin miss Potts?" Justin asked as he turned on the machine and set the dial to a low setting. Pepper closed her eyes and tried to imagine she was with Tony and not strapped to a table about to be used as a negotiation tool. Hammer hovered his finger over the button and turned to look at the button, "Hey there Anthony…"
There seems like a good place to stop. Sorry it has been a couple days, I really want to do a good job writing this. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and if you did be sure and let me know what you think. Thanks everyone who has enjoyed and who has taken the time to read this story.